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    MBR keeps deleting

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by tvetter05, Nov 19, 2008.

  1. tvetter05

    tvetter05 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a XPS m5130 and I recently installed Vista x64 and pretty much every thing works flawlessly, even better than 32 bit.

    Except, this has happend three times now, when when i boot up, after the bios screen all i see is a blinking "|"

    Each time I have had to boot in with Vista recovery disk, and go into bootrec.exe in the command prompt and repair the mbr.

    Any thoughts or suggestions as to why this is happening?

    Thanks
     
    tvetter05, Nov 19, 2008
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  2. litkaj

    litkaj Notebook Consultant

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    Virus scan?
     
    litkaj, Nov 19, 2008
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Bad harddrive, bad sectors, virus, other malware. Have you tried reinstalling? Fully format the drive first?
     
    atbnet, Nov 19, 2008
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    tvetter05 Notebook Enthusiast

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    no i havent tried reinstalling, or formatting, I am constantly using my computer for school and I use all my architecture programs everyday. Ill run a virus scan and see what it picks up.
     
    tvetter05, Nov 19, 2008
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    taruian Notebook Consultant

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    hi
    Install Acronis Disk director suite, and try fixing your MBR with it. also scan for any partition errors, if you have any problem with partition, acronis disk director will helps to fix it without any data loss. hope it solves your problem. :)
     
    taruian, Nov 20, 2008
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